Catch & Culture Vol. 14, No. 3

Vientiane, Lao PDR, 01 Dec 2008 -
31 Dec 2009

In this issue, our biggest ever, we look at how fisheries emerged as a key issue at a regional conference on hydropower development convened by the MRC in Vientiane in September. We also review a meeting of independent experts that immediately preceded the conference to examine the barrier impacts of dams on fish migration in the Mekong.

The group of 17 experts from various disciplines found that mainstream dams in the Lower Mekong Basin would adversely affect the migratory fish, especially in the lower part of the basin where fish production is highest. A separate article looks at three different approaches to estimating the size of migratory fish resources in the lower basin.

Table of Contents

Editorial

Fish migration emerges as key issue at regionalhydropower conference

Mainstream dams proposed in the Lower Mekong Basin

Mainstream dams as barriers to fish migration: international learning and implications for the Mekong

SHow much of the Mekong fish catch is at risk from mainstream dam development?

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